The management faction of century-old Tatung Co. and the market faction of stakeholders once again face off at the election of new board of directors. Even though the six director seats are filled by representatives of the company, controversies continue as there was an army of black-shirt guards, which was still not enough to prevent the scene from getting into physical fights.


Why can't I get in? Which law is the legal basis for this?

Tatung workers block Hsin Tung Co. Chair Lin Hung-hsin from entering the building, where a shareholder meeting is being held. Lin is an independent director nominee for Tatung's new board.

If company executives aren't performing well, they need to humbly self-evaluate instead of affirming their own decisions with capital. No one can use the Financial Supervisory Commission's decision to deprive shareholders of their rights.

The workers also block another shareholder, Hsin Ta Tung's attorney, from entering.

Tatung Co. used illegal procedures to convene today's shareholder meeting. It's extremely ridiculous.

Tatung will elect a new board of corporate and independent directors this year. The board's independent directors began lining up outside Tatung headquarters at 2 p.m. the previous day to get in. This was the first time in Taiwan's history people lined up overnight to attend a shareholder meeting of a public company. The corporate side, meanwhile, formed a human wall outside the building in the morning and waved protest banners accusing the company of having PRC backing, saying this affects workers' labor rights.

There is definitely and clearly PRC backing here. In the past few years, Shanyuan (Chair) Wang Guangxiang -- in the past few years, the independent directors have been trying to take control of Tatung. All [Wang] wants to do is construct more buildings. If he tears down one of our plants so he can use the land for his own construction project, where will our labor rights go?

The corporate side and the market side are fighting for management rights. A legal, fair, just, and open shareholder election compliant with our legal system should be held to avoid the chaos that occurred three years ago when the board's resolution was declared invalid.

Independent director nominee and former lawmaker Huang Kuo-chang dismissed the allegations about PRC backing as slander. He says electronic votes have been cast for over 1.8 billion shares, or support of close to 9 percent. According to reports, larger shareholders have been blocked from voting. The Securities and Futures Investors Protection Center says the government will decide whether there is undue PRC influence and relevant agencies are investigating.



「為什麼無法進去？憑的是哪一條法律？」

大同公司"市場派"推選的董事候選人之一，"欣同"董事長林宏信，也遭大同公司現場工作人員阻擋在外頭，進不了股東會現場，現場引發口角衝突。

欣同董事長 林宏信表示：「如果經營者做得不好，要自己虛心檢討。而不是動不動就用資金來源，或自己來做認定，任何人都不能逾越，主管機關金管會的裁判，來剝奪股東的股東權。」

而另一名法人股東，新大同委任律師，一樣也遭阻擋，不得其門而入。

新大同委任律師 洪國誌表示：「大同公司用這種違法召集，違法的召集程序，想要完成今天的股東會，是非常離譜的。」

大同股東會，今年董事會面臨改選，引發公司派與市場派兩路人馬大戰，市場派為避免被阻擋進場，前一天下午2點，就到大同公司門口排隊，創下國內上市櫃公司，召開股東會首次有人徹夜排隊紀錄。公司派也動員大隊人馬，一早就在場，舉旗抗議，質疑公司派陸資色彩，一旦入主大同將影響他們工作權。

大同企業工會總幹事 黃財發表示：「這個陸資已經很明顯地，確實是存在啊。三圓建設(董事長)王光祥這幾年，市場派的這幾年，一再想要入侵我們大同的經營權，他就只是想要蓋房子而已。那如果說，他把我們的工廠都拆掉，去蓋房子，那我們員工的工作權在哪裡？」

前立委 黃國昌表示：「公司派跟市場派，他們要爭奪經營權，那就在我們法律規範的體系之內，大家合法、公平、公正、公開的舉辦，這場股東會的選舉，不要再出現三年以前，那樣亂七八糟的狀況，整個股東會的決議，被宣告無效了。」

對於陸資影射，市場派提名獨立董事候選人、前立委黃國昌駁斥，遭有心人抹紅。他強調在電子投票中，已取得約18億多的股權數，約佔總選舉權數近9%支持。不過，傳出持股較高的法人股東，投票權遭刪除。投保中心表示，有無陸資疑慮，應由政府機關認定，目前相關單位正調查確認中。